AdyayanaUtsavam and Anadhyayana Kalam: Information, background and reasons

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AdyayanaUtsavam and Anadhyayana Kalam: Information, background and reasons

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Azhvar's Prabhandam (Arulicheyal) is The Dravida Vedam.

The LORD has assigned the Anadhyayana Kala to be followed by HIS devotees.

 

After Thirumangai Azhvar Started the AdyayanaUtsavam, LORD Ranganatha

commanded the Dravida Veda equal status as Samskrita Veda.

 

(PS: Dravida Veda is granted equal status as Samskrita Veda, but is in fact even

a

step higher for many, as the Right to Chant Dravida Veda is open to all

devotees of the Lord and the meanings in Dravida Veda are direct, clear and

concise)

 

The LORD assigned Anadhyayana Kalam, during which time no one should recite the

Dravida Vedam, (unless it is chanted in Adyayana Utsavam for the LORD)

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In all the Dhivya Desams that follow tradition, Chanting of Dravida Veda is

restricted during the anadhyayana kalam, as per the Command of the LORD.

 

Tradition being followed in Srirangam, Kanchee Varadarajar and all Kanchee

Kshetrams,

Thirumalai, Thirunaryanapuram, Thiruvallikeni, and other Dhivya Desams : -

 

On the day of Thirukkarthikai after the Purappadu and Thailakkappu,

the pattolai is read from LORD to Nammazhvar.

 

The LORD commands ,

" I and my two Nacchiyars will be seated in the simmasana during the

pagal patthu and rappathu utsavam days and will listen to all the prabhandams.

Till then, no one should recite them " . This is LORD's command.

 

Then starting the next day, none of the Azhvar prabhandams are recited.

 

During the nityapadis (daily recitals) only UpadesaRatnamalai is recited.

Thiruvaimozhi Noothandhadhi is recited on the Thiruvadhirai and Moolam days.

 

During the Satrumurai, the four + 8 verses of Thiruppallandu are not recited.

 

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Exemption is only during the Dhanur masam days. (Margazhi)

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ThiruppAvai is recited during the Dhanur masam.

 

After the Iyarppa Sathumurai is over, Thiruppallandu thodakkam is be done

and then the regular recitation of all the prabhandams continues in the Temples.

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Devotees who perform Nitya Aradhana at Homes, wait till Thai masam

Hasta Nakshatram before resuming all Dravida VedacChantings at home.

 

 

==Background on Thiru Adyayana Utsavam=======================

The Tradition of Thiru Adhyayana Uthsavam was started by Thirumangai Azhvar.

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Thirumangai Azhvar started the tradition of Adhyayana Uthsavam

in Srirangam.

 

ThirumangaiAzhvar would travel to Azhvar Thirunagari (tiruk kurugur)

and bring Swami Nammazhvar's Thirumeni to Sri Rangam

on ShuklaPaksha Ekadasi (Vaikunta Ekadasi)

 

The next 10 days Swami Nammazhwar's prabhandhams were chanted

in front of Namperumal. Thirumangai Azhvar started this practice of

chanting Nammazhvar's pasurams as a ten day event.

This is what we call today as IrapPathu or Thiruvaimozhi Thirunaal.

After the 10th day event (10 days after Vaikunta Ekadasi)

Nammazhvar was taken back to Azhvar Thirunagari.

He would arrive at Azhvar Thirunagari on the day:

Star: hastam, month: thai.

 

For the start of this ceremony Thirumangai Azhvar will start from Srirangam on

the day of Karthigai

Karthigai (his own thirunakshatram). Even till today this tradition is followed

in most

of the temples where the Kattiyakarar or the Sthalathar who has the traditional

rights

alongwith temple's Paricharakas goes to Swami Nammazhwar's shrine and reads the

message from the Perumal. The day Swami Nammazhwar arrives in SriRangam

was always the Sukla Paksha Ekadasi (Sri Vaikunta Ekadasi).

 

On this auspicious day, Swami Nammazhwar is adorned with Muthangi and

Namperumal with Rathnangi. Starting from Ekadasi, next nine days,

Sri Thirumangai Azhwar arranged to recite Swami Nammazhwar's prabhandhams

in front of Namperumal.

 

After the days of Sri Thirumangai Azhwar, the practice was slowly stopped.

It was Sri Nathamunigal who restarted this practice.

 

After Thirumangai Azhvar's time, due to practical difficulties

(of bringing Nammazhvar to Srirangam), a Thirumeni of Swami Nammazhvar

was installed in SriRangam temple.

 

After a few hundred years, Svami Ramanuja, revived and revitalized this

ceremony.

(as per the Thiruvullam of Nathamunugal)

 

Sri Ramanujar added ten days before the Ira Paththu and called them

Pagal Paththu, and arranged that during these ten days prabhandhams of other

Azhvars

should be recited. Also Sri Ramanuja added one more day for Iyarpa.

 

Because, Sri Thirumangai Azhwar started it, the day before the Pagal Paththu

Uthsavam first day, Namperumal listens to ThiruNedunthandagam of Sri

Thirumangai Azhwar. So, originally started as ten days festival by Sri

Thirumangai Azhwar and was later modified as Twenty days (+one day for

ThiruNedunthandagam) by Swami Emberumanar.

 

Anadhyayana kalam starts during Karthigail Karthigai and normally ends on

Thai hastham (Sri Koorathazhwan's thirunakshatram).

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PS: Mistakes if any, are complately mine (because of my human nature)

please point them to me, with reasons and information.